Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Emu’s Halloween

Poor Emu was having
a Halloween party but couldn’t seem to come up with some scary ideas. Luckily,
Cockatoo overheard his dismay and rallied the other animals to help.

With Echidna
dressed as Dracula, Koala as Frankenstein’s monster and Kangaroo as a zombie,
the party was sure to be a success.

As a team, the
animals set to work making a witches brew, dips with pretend flies, cutting out
paper ghosts and bats to ensure a thoroughly scary party.

David Cornish’s
brilliant illustrations are the perfect complement to this rhyming tale.

It
gives an Australian flavour to a usually American holiday and will be a hit in
the lead up to Halloween. The party game and craft ideas enjoyed by the animals
could also be replicated easily, should families or even a class decide to hold
their own Halloween party.